Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1738, June 9 | Born, Salem Village, later Danvers, Mass. |
| circa 1756 | Practiced medicine, Gloucester, Mass. |
| 1758 | Married Mary Warner Returned to medical practice, Danvers, Mass. |
| 1768-1776 | Member, Massachusetts General Court |
| 1774 | Represented Danvers in Essex County, Mass., convention |
| 1775 | Represented Essex County, Mass., in Provincial Congress; appointed to Committee of Safety |
| 1778-1780 | Massachusetts delegate, Continental Congress |
| 1781 | Signer, Articles of Confederation Incorporator, Massachusetts Medical Society |
| 1782-1787 | Massachusetts delegate, Continental Congress |
| 1785 | Joined with Elbridge Gerry and Rufus King in refusing to present to Congress the Massachusetts Resolves requesting revision of the Articles of Confederation |
| 1788 | Anti-federalist delegate to Massachusetts convention on the Constitution |
| 1793-1795 | Member, United States House of Representatives |
| 1796-1815 | Judge of probate, Essex County, Mass. |
| 1812-1813 | One of early founders of temperance movement in Massachusetts |
| 1816, Jan. 2 | Died, Danvers, Mass. |